*Update* Blocking Crash on Interstate 84 at Milepost 9, near New Plymouth

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian 83642
(208) 846-7550
Fax (208) 846-7520

For Immediate Release: 9/20/19 8:31 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

***Update***

On Friday, September 20, 2019, at 4:20 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle injury crash on eastbound Interstate 84 at milepost 9, south of New Plymouth.

Patricia Rowe, age 53, of Caldwell, ID, was driving eastbound on Interstate 84 in a 2008 Ford Ranger pickup. Rowe changed lanes and struck the front of a 2006 Nissan Frontier pickup driven by Trent Echols, 39, of Nampa, ID. Rowe's vehicle went off the roadway into the median and rolled. Rowe was transported by ground ambulance to Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Ontario, OR.

Rowe and Echols were wearing seatbelts. The eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 were blocked for approximately two hours while crews worked to clear the scene.

The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.


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*Update*
All lanes are now open.

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